Description: Maine Map tourist map showing points of interest. Published by “New England Map Co.” The map folds out from inside a blue cover. Price: 50 cents. 1950s-1960s.
Description: Grinding ice sheet molds MDI geography. The articles deal with the geologic processes which formed Mt. Desert Island, the granite intrusions of the Island, and the claciation periods which shaped the geography of Mt. Desert Island. A portion of Part I of the series appears to be missing. Previously archived as Object Id 012.FIC.029.3
Description: Copy of map of General Development Plan, a part of the master plan of Acadia National Park. Region 1, Drawing No. NP-ACA 2083. Attached is a memo to Mr. Edwin R. Smith from Frank R. Givens dated 11/8/54 explaining this map shows the proposed Park Road from Thompson Island to Hulls Cove where it joins the Paradise Hill Road. The Eno tract is shown. Size: 20in x 30 9n
Description: A copy of map named Path and Road Map of the Western Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine. Orignally compiled by Waldron Bates, Edward L. Rand and Herbert Jaques. Revised and published by William Jay Turner. 1941.Shows Main Trails Graded, Other Trails, Old Woods Road, and the Carriage Roads.
Description: Section of a blue print showing Pretty Marsh on MDI. Handwritten notes related to plot sales. Marked "Property Map Town of Mount Desert Hancock County Main prepared by James W. Sewall." Shows several plots on Indian Point Road and has handwritten numbers and the names Stephen Dexter Smith to Ansel L. Manchester and Richard Smith to Stephen Dexter Smith 1871. Scale: 1 inch=500 feet
Description: A mylar plot map marked Plan showing property of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Et. Als. at Mt. Desert, Maine. April 1958. Maurice H. Burr - Engineering, Northeast Harbor, Maine. The plot map shows property plots with acreage and names (ex. Arnold Allen to John D. Rockefeller Jr, 48.8 acres). Other names include Laura Snell Johnson, Lewis F. Smallidge, George W. Gray, M.T. Ober, Alice Joseph, Harold O. & Josephine W. Doe, Stanley J. & Florence Smart, Willie & Ursula Apel, Allen Carter, Geo F. Rummil, Smart, Liselotte Kaskel. [show more]
Description: A 1937 map signed by George B. Dorr titled U.S. Department of the Interior - National Park Service. R.D.P - Acadia Extension on the Western Half of the Island. Part of the Master Plan for Acadia National Park. Drawing number NP-ACA 1109-4. Shows Bartlett Island, Somes Pond, Oak Hill, Round Pound, Squid Cove, Rum Island, Hall Quarry, Indian Point, Goose Marsh Harbor, Pretty Marsh, Echo Lake, Seal Cove, West Tremont, Kelly Town, Bass Harbor, Southwest Harbor, and more. Cream paper with brown ink . This appears to be a contemporary ( 1937 ca.) sepia reproduction/ print. ( this note added in 2011 by Vasisko) [show more]
Description: A copy of a map of the Path and Road for the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine. Originally compiled by Waldron Bates, Edward L. Rand and Herbert Jaques. Revised and published by William Jay Turner in 1941. Shows Main Trails Graded, Other Trails, Old Woods Road, and the Carrriage Roads.
Description: Path Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1917. Compiled by Waldron Bates, Edward L. Rand, and Herbert Jaques. Includes roads, carriage roads, hiking trails, springs, and relief lines.
Description: Sepia copy/print of a large map marked "Map of Mount Desert Island. Sorrento. Portions of Lamoine, Hancock, Frenchmans Bay and Adjacent Islands. Maine." Compiled and Drawn from Official Plans and actual Surveys. Published by Colby & Stuart. Copyright 1887. Size: 30.5 x 40.5 inches.
Description: Print of plan of house lots and streets on the estate of Ephraim W. Freeman at West Point Park, Mount Desert, Maine, 1888. Drawn by James E. Stone, Civil Engineer, Boston, Mass. Shows: West Point Avenue, Mt. Desert Avenue, Freeman Street, Forest Park Avenue, Liber Street, Glenn Street, Dale Street, Eden Street; indicates Blue Hill Bay. Even though it is a print, the print may be from the early 1900s. Scale: 1 inch=80 feet There are two (2) copies of this map. [show more]
Description: Contains definitions, sections on races and occupations, North America, British Provinces, northern states, southern states, West Indies,Territories, South America, Africa, Asia, Oceanica, Western Europe. Inscribed in front: Charles E Somes, Nov. 14th 1867; other doodles and drawings; married Minnie A (?) Grindle, both of Mt Desert Maine..."both pretty good looking chaps" Name Hamor written on pages in back; also Dellmy. Smith, Dency (?) somes. On exhibit in Somesville, summer 2012. [show more]
Description: America - Her Grandeur and Her Beauty. “Coast of Maine”. Part eight of a series “presenting the beauty and grandeur of nature in America to the veiw of man.” Published by “Union Book and Publishing Company Publishers”. Sold by subscription only. Black and white photographs; 12" x 14"